US 7,939,152 B2 · Heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device

Abstract

A heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or tube forms a cover for an object which prevents cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. The heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device can have a sterile interior that is sealed or stored flat during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device is inverted when used to cover the object and results in an ultimate outer surface that is initially sterile. A plurality of such devices can be heat shrunk to an object such that removal of the outer layer will prevent cross contamination. Heat shrink film materials for the coverings/bags serve as a barrier to the transmission of pathogens.

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Dependent claims

A heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device for covering an object, consisting essentially of:

a plurality of barriers sized to cover a surface of an object, each of the plurality of barriers having an interior surface for facing the object and an exterior surface,
each of the plurality of barriers comprising a material that:
serves as a barrier to pathogens, and
is formed from a heat-shrink film material,
wherein the plurality of barriers includes at least three barriers;
and
wherein each of the plurality of barriers is a tubular structure with a first open end and a second open end.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/130,524Filed 30 May 2008 · us provisional application

Priority

1 Jun 2007

Published

US 2008/0296193 A14 Dec 2008

Granted

10 May 2011

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

B65D 75/002
Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g.…:…
A61B 46/10
Surgical drapes: specially adapted for instruments, e.g. microscopes
A61B 50/30
Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers: containers…
A61B 2050/314
Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments:…

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Abstract

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